(April 16, 2024 at 6:25 am)Deesse23 Wrote: I think Lees persona and personal situation are too complex to simply brand him as "traitor". I am no expert, but technically he maybe even wasnt, since he returned his commission as an US officer and thus left the US army after rejecting taking command and before taking command in the confederate army.
Colloquially he may be more clearly be identified as a "traitor" since he turned the back on his country, the oone he was born and raised in and served as an officer for.
I fail to see the distinction. He was a US citizen and soldier who supported the illegal secession of a large portion of his own nation. He was false to his obligations to the US. He placed his not inconsiderable military skills in the service of his country’s enemy.
In what way is that not traitorous conduct?
Boru
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